Tag: budgeting
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12 Days of Christmas Decluttering: Day 9 How to Set Decluttering Goals
Goals will help you to stay motivated, help you to make clear decisions and prevent clutter from creeping back in. How to set decluttering goals! 1. Have a clear vision What’s your end goal? What are you hoping to accomplish with your goals? Is it about having an easy to maintain house, are you looking…
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12 Days of Christmas Decluttering Day 8: Swedish Death Cleaning
For the 8th day of Christmas decluttering, I give to you Swedish death cleaning. Have you heard of this? This is a new concept that has been flying around the world of minimalism and I can really see why. It’s based on a book called The Gentle art of Swedish Death Cleaning by Margareta Magnusson…
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12 Days of Christmas Decluttering: Day 7 – 15 minute timer
For the 7th day of Christmas decluttering we are going to set a 15 minute timer and declutter an area in our homes. So far, for the 12 days of Christmas decluttering we have done a range of different decluttering challenges. But sometimes the simplest ones are the best. Why not get some music playing…
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12 Days of Christmas Decluttering: Day 6 Little Acts of Decluttering
As I mentioned previously, I want to share a monthly calendar with the little acts of decluttering on. So before we get started with January’s, we need to finish off the ones I have already shared on other social media (Instagram https://www.instagram.com/declutter.your.life/ and TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@declutter.your.life ) so that we are ready and up to date…
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12 Days of Christmas Decluttering: Day 5 Surface Declutter
For the 5th day of Christmas decluttering I give to you a surface declutter. Initially, this means we need to go around the home and any surface, such as bedside table, windowsill, dining table, side tables, need to be clear of clutter. Where do you start with a surface declutter? You can choose any room…
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12 Days of Christmas Decluttering: Day 4 Office desk, paperwork and makeup
I hope you are enjoying the 12 days of decluttering so far! It’s been great to share some different strategies that I use to help keep on top of the clutter and reduce the amount in my home. Day 4 of Christmas Decluttering: Office desk, paperwork and makeup Today I would like you to think…
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12 Days of Christmas Decluttering: Day 3 Items to Sell or Donate
For the 3rd day of Christmas decluttering give you to a selection of items that you could donate or sell to get ready for Christmas. If you haven’t been following already, each Christmas I share 12 days of decluttering challenges. Some of these are small, some of these are larger activities. But the idea is…
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12 Days of Christmas Decluttering: Day 2 Christmas Decorations
For the 2nd day of Christmas decluttering I give to you a Christmas decoration declutter with me. Declutter with me: Christmas Decorations I tend to go through Christmas decorations each year. I don’t buy anything new unless is breaks, but I will sometimes buy one new ornament to hang on the tree. As my son…
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How to let go of Sentimental Items
Sentimental items is one of the hardest categories to declutter. It’s an area with so much emotion and memories attached to it. I am not here to tell you to get rid of everything that is important to you, but what you can do is take some carefully steps to decide whether you need to…
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5 Minimalist Gift Ideas
Christmas is fast approaching and I am definitely feeling the pinch this year. However, this year I am hoping that minimalism is going to help me keep to budget as well as give meaningful and purposeful gifts to my friends and family. Set a budget Firstly, it is important to set a budget. You need…